Tag Archives: Health

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney heading to Switzerland to take part in World Economic Forum Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Switzer...

TORONTO - Doctors in Canada's FIFA World Cup host cities say they're concerned the already strained health-care system will buckle if a sudden, unexpected surge slams emergency departments during the ...

The Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal has upheld a $10,000 fine handed to the British Columbia ostrich farm whose flock of more than 300 birds was culled last fall, nearly 11 months after the confir...

RICHMOND - Victoria fisherman Bob Fraumeni is used to the challenges of the sea, having worked on fishing boats since he was 12 years old. But there was little he could do to salvage his haul of herri...

WINNIPEG - The Canadian Red Cross says some evacuees from a northern Manitoba First Nation rocked by a severe water crisis won't be displaced for a second time in as many weeks, as the community's chi...

WINNIPEG - Health officials say most of the people taken to hospital after a school bus crash in western Manitoba are being released from hospital. One patient is expected to remain at Swan Valley Hea...

SASKATOON - A wildlife biologist says it's deeply concerning that two dead members of a critically endangered flock of birds that only breed in Canadian marshes have tested positive for the avian flu....

British Columbia won't be renewing its agreement with Health Canada that allowed for the decriminalization of small amounts of drugs for personal possession, officially ending a three-year program tha...

REGINA - A machine in Saskatchewan that's vital for diagnosing cancer is working at full capacity after it was disrupted two weeks ago. The Saskatchewan Health Authority's PET/CT scanner was down for ...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has settled a class-action lawsuit for up to $60 million over the use of solitary confinement in provincial correctional facilities over a period of 20 year...